Ben Beams

Ben Beams (born 17 August 1978) is an Australian rules football player with the Myrtleford Football Club and was an Australian rules football player for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League between 1999 and 2001 and the Tasmanian Devils Football club in the Victorian Football League from 2002 - 2006.

AFL career

Recruited from Glenorchy, Tasmania he made his AFL debut in Round 5 of the '99 season against Port Adelaide, and played 11 games for 9 goals in his debut year. His returns diminished in the following years and he appeared just 7 times in 2000.

2000 Grand Final appearance

He did, however, make an appearance in the Melbourne Grand Final team of that year when Cameron Bruce was forced to withdraw on the day of the game due to injury. Beams barely left the bench all day and failed to register a possession. On an unhappy day for everyone involved with the Melbourne club, the Demons were crushed by the Essendon Bombers by a score of 135 to 75.

Delisting

Beams appeared in the first two games of the 2001 season, but found himself a casualty of the Demons alarming drop in form which took them from 2nd in 2000 to 11th a year later. He appeared a total of 5 times during the year for four goals and was subsequently delisted at the end of the season.

Post-AFL career

Beams then moved to the Victorian Football League to play for the Tasmanian Devils, back in his home state. He later became their captain and remained with the team as of 2006. Ben quit the Devils and VFL football in 2007 and has since been appointed assistant coach of the [Myrtleford Football Club] . Ben was appointed coach for the 2008 season at Myrtleford.